Miguel d'Escoto

Miguel d’Escoto Brockman is a Nicaraguan diplomat, politician, and priest of the Maryknoll Society of Missionaries. He served as Nicaragua’s Minister for Foreign Affairs with the Sandinista Government from 1979 until 1990. Publicly chastised by Pope John Paul II, he was suspended by the Vatican in 1985. Pope Francis lifted the suspension August 2014. Miguel d’Escoto presided over the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (2008-2009).